[spidergecko]

I'm no loyalist, to be sure, but the simplicity of the site really is what makes it a comfortable site. But ...

I think there should be a separate classifieds area that doesn't show ads in the New Posts. We get people bumping their ads every other day to put them at the top of the list.

As for chats, in concept they are a good idea but they never seem to work. It's too hard to coordinate a good time for all hemispheres to meet.

[roaches42993]

Yeah, that's what I'll do... we will slowly upgrade things and I'll notify everyone of the new features and how to use them.

Don't mass e-mail members to often...If you do alot of members feel like there getting spam and will stop participating in the site . Some sites will even think your a spam mailer and block you from everyone who participates in there e-mail hosting service . I'de say about one mass e-mail every 2 months or so is the max you should be doing . The owner of beardeddragon.org (his name escapes me at the moment) even says that if you do more then 1 a year its to much .


I still think a chat room is the best idea . Even tho schedualed chats don't always work on other forums some people just like to post on the forum or tell there friends what time THEY'LL be on and it works . The auction idea is ok since our classifide section is so full but make sure to monitor members as it may turn into somthing like reptile auctions and a bunch of spammers have really skrewed that site over . Blog would be ok...but with the popularity of Myspace alot of herpers just use that so I don't think it would get much activity unless you give members a reason to post . I think the arcade would be pointless as someone could just go to miniclip or somewhere like that if ther really wanted to play a game .

Idea......

you could have a link page that would work somewhat as a topsite but as we have enought members it would be like the members with the most posts gets there links displayed first.....idk...

[Marty]

Yes chats are a tricky thing...we set a chat over on OrchidBOard and every night at 8PM there's a bunch of people. Used or not, it will be a good thing to have. On OB, it displays at the top of the forum with neons blinking that people are in the chat.

on the other hand, the marketplace is a complete flop over at OB...you'd think that people would be trading orchids like crazy - but that's not the case. Weird! I guess some things we will never know until we try. The good thing is that if a mod is crap, It can always be removed..

also, there's an option to unsubscribe if you don't like getting global emails from Administrators. I typically don't send them unless there's something fun happening - like a contest.

anyhow, soon we will start to play with various things

[roaches42993]

Sounds good

btw

I was going thrugh the members list and If possible I think it would be nice if you could order members by post count, if they have a website,there join date,and by active/inactive members ect. because as it stands right now the member list is has to many or o few people and you have to know exact things if your loking for a ceritan person.....

[Gecko Haven]

Originally Posted by tank0204

well i'm gonna say this. i don't post as much as alot of the people on here, but i do spend about 3 hours a day on here reading and whatnot. i don't like alot of the other forums, because they are to complicated(repashy the most). i like the simplicity of the way GU used to be, and even now with the new software it's not to bad. i just don't wanna see it turn into another repashy. i guess marty, you could say i am a loyalist . thats just my 2 cents.

very well spoken, ad me to this list!!

[Palex134]

Originally Posted by spidergecko

I'm no loyalist, to be sure, but the simplicity of the site really is what makes it a comfortable site. But ...

I think there should be a separate classifieds area that doesn't show ads in the New Posts. We get people bumping their ads every other day to put them at the top of the list.

As for chats, in concept they are a good idea but they never seem to work. It's too hard to coordinate a good time for all hemispheres to meet.

I agree,
I think we should have a totally seperate classifieds. I like the way GU used to clear all the posts once you got off the site. I think a less confusing classifieds would be good.

I also think a chat would be ok to try, but id like to see a Scheduled Chat weekly, not daily. I think the chat room should be open for use to whomever wants to use it on days without the Scheduled Chat.

[Palex134]

also, posting more then 4 images at a time would be nice...

[Marty]

Wut? You can't post more then 4 images??????

EDIT: Image limitation fixed, member list is also fixed. Member list will only show users with posts >=1

[roaches42993]

Nice.....theres a photo gallery ?!?!?

[Marty]

Not yet, for now you can do attachments though (go advanced/manage attachments/Broswe/upload).